“Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying” is the clear message from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), when it released its Sixth Assessment Report on August 9. The climate crisis hammer has swung. We will have to...
DATAFLUCT Inc. in Japan has entered into a partnership with Doconomy from Sweden to develop solutions for businesses and their customers to visualize their environmental impact when they use make purchases. The partnership will create a new green...
The rainy season in Japan may pose an inconvenience for many, but it gives the Kyoto townhouses a welcoming, rustic atmosphere. That is the feeling one gets as they walk into the pathway tucked between the row of traditional Kyoto machiya (wooden...
Compared to a few years ago, there is more awareness of environmental and social issues in Japan. Alongside the pandemic also came the opportunity for Japanese society to reassess relationships with nature and the need for sustainability. More and...
Following Day 1’s exploration of the potential of SMEs in shaping a sustainable society, participants learned why businesses should shift towards sustainability. But what are the next steps? The guest speakers, Harumi Komura from UDS Ltd...
In this session, we heard from two guest speakers from Fujimi Mori-no-Office, Yuta Matsuda and Yoshio Tsuda, who not only succeeded in introducing sustainability into the office, but also onboarded users to join in sustainable actions too. Fujimi...
To accelerate sustainable living and assist SMEs in making a shift towards sustainability, Mamoru and Zero Waste Japan co-organized the Sustainabili-Tea Talks from 25~27 May. The talks attracted participants interested in discovering how small...
No doubt tourism took a huge blow from the pandemic. But as we have seen in the past two days, there are opportunities to relook and redefine how businesses can operate in a post-pandemic era, especially for sustainable tourism. When tourists are...
If businesses and government can lead the way, the Japanese are savvy enough to follow suit for sustainable living. However, greenwashing is a major issue in many companies. We need a systemic change to implement sustainability properly...
By the mid-2010s, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry estimated that “Japanese SMEs accounted for 99.7% of all businesses, employing 34 million individuals” (including micro-enterprises). That number is still high today. Philip...